Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won her first-ever seat in Parliament, state media confirmed today.

The Nobel laureate's National League for Democracy has so far won 40 of the 44 seats it contested in yesterday's by-elections, including in Suu Kyi's constituency, according to partial official results announced on television.
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